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Old 8th Jun 2011, 13:12
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As you wish.....

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That's nine challenges today so far.
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....and 766 viewings in the last six hours!
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Where's the front mate?
Left thing seems a... drogue chute?
A... single wing asymmetric glider with a drogue chute?
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:00
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You're looking from the rear and below - the front is to the right.

That's exactly as it looks on the original photograph!

If it's a problem I'll post the original, which is almost a silhouette anyway.
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Looking at it again, I have made a mistake!. Standby for the original...
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:03
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11 day slope of cumulative views is 1.732

ETA 29JUN2011

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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:05
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Excellent chart Reg.
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:08
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Apart from the fact that I can't tell what your mistake is the newspaper print makes me think flight archive...
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:10
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So it has one boom, not a twin-boom.
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:13
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Ah ha! now I see...
Tail-less?
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:14
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I think the pale area is a quirk of light on the top of the left wing.

Cameras were not good back then.

Wannanuther clue?
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:15
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'nuther Storch?
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:16
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Model N.6 by Lippisch
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:21
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Bang bang HP.

Your turn mate.
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:22
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That's ten challenges today. I think the record is eleven, so let's go.
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:23
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Easy one remember HP.
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:27
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Lippisch Stork VI - I get always somewhere sidetracked with this blasted Nurlügel
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Old 8th Jun 2011, 14:28
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Thanks, I knew I've seen that recently... it was during the other Storch challenge!

And guess what I found while searching through my bookmarks for a challenge... Argentinian Unbuilt Projects
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nice inverted V12


Guess one can't remember everything he sees...

Let's see if any of you have already seen this one!
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